Quiz: What Queer Book Should You Read To Extend Summer?

Do you need a summery queer book to pack in your beach bag or maybe curl up with in the blissful cool of the public library’s A/C? Have I got the quiz for you! Just answer some hard-hitting questions about your ice cream flavor preferences, your dream adult summer camp, and what music you’re listening to during the heat. Then this quiz will provide you with a gay read suited to your needs. If one recommendation isn’t enough, check out this list I made a few years ago of books about sapphic summer affairs!

What are you drinking to quench your summer thirst?(Required)
Pick a movie:(Required)
Which ice cream flavor appeals?(Required)
Choose a summer hat:(Required)
Choose a genre / format:(Required)
What's your dream summer road trip destination?(Required)
Choose a pool floatie:(Required)
Which music are you playing on repeat this summer?(Required)
What would the theme of your ideal adult summer camp be?(Required)
Choose a frozen treat:(Required)
Pick a summery book trope or theme:(Required)
What teen summer job suits you?(Required)
What's on your summer bucket list?(Required)
What bookish mood are you looking for?(Required)
What's in your beach bag?(Required)

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Known in some internet circles as Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian, Casey Stepaniuk is a writer, librarian, and new parent. She writes for Book Riot and Autostraddle about queer and/or bookish stuff. Ask her about cats, bisexuality, libraries, queer books, drinking tea, and her baby. Her website is Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian. Find her on Twitter, Litsy, Storygraph Goodreads and Instagram.

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21 Comments

  2. Is it possible to see all the potential books please? Some of them really pique my interest just from the questions alone!

    • Yes, please! There are always such great recs in these quizzes but it’s hard to tell what they are!

      • The books are:

        Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
        Island Time by Georgia Clark
        Florida Woman by Deb Rogers
        This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
        In the Key of Us by Mariama J Lockington
        Melt with You by Jennifer Dugan
        Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
        The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

        😊

  3. I got “The City We Became” which is a thousand percent my shit. Slow clap, Casey. SLOW CLAP. <3

    • call. what is s’all??? does my iphone think cause i type y’all it should do it for all words now?

  6. Looked at your main page image for the full list and placed several on hold or request at my library. Plus the quiz gave me a pefect rec. Thank you!

  9. In the Key Of Us. I’ll have to check it out.

    What I actually have on repeat this summer: the works of Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Heavens to Betsy.

  11. This is a lovely quiz, Casey!

    Just wondering, do you have a book rec for people whose hat choice more aligns with “fedora with safari flaps in the back”?

  12. “Cool for the Summer” was suggested for me, and the description made me instantly check it out on Libby 👍👍

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